Java java.nio.file Files fields, constructors, methods, implement or subclass

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In this page you can find the methods, fields and constructors for java.nio.file Files.

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long	copy(Path source, OutputStream out) Copies all bytes from a file to an output stream.
Path	copy(Path source, Path target, CopyOption... options) Copy a file to a target file.
long	copy(InputStream in, Path target, CopyOption... options) Copies all bytes from an input stream to a file.
Path	createDirectories(Path dir, FileAttribute... attrs) Creates a directory by creating all nonexistent parent directories first.
Path	createDirectory(Path dir, FileAttribute... attrs) Creates a new directory.
Path	createFile(Path path, FileAttribute... attrs) Creates a new and empty file, failing if the file already exists.
Path	createLink(Path link, Path existing) Creates a new link (directory entry) for an existing file (optional operation).
Path	createTempDirectory(String prefix, FileAttribute... attrs) Creates a new directory in the default temporary-file directory, using the given prefix to generate its name.
Path	createTempDirectory(Path dir, String prefix, FileAttribute... attrs) Creates a new directory in the specified directory, using the given prefix to generate its name.
Path	createTempFile(String prefix, String suffix, FileAttribute... attrs) Creates an empty file in the default temporary-file directory, using the given prefix and suffix to generate its name.
Path	createTempFile(Path dir, String prefix, String suffix, FileAttribute... attrs) Creates a new empty file in the specified directory, using the given prefix and suffix strings to generate its name.
void	delete(Path path) Deletes a file.
boolean	deleteIfExists(Path path) Deletes a file if it exists.
boolean	exists(Path path, LinkOption... options) Tests whether a file exists.
Stream	find(Path start, int maxDepth, BiPredicate matcher, FileVisitOption... options) Return a Stream that is lazily populated with Path by searching for files in a file tree rooted at a given starting file.
Object	getAttribute(Path path, String attribute, LinkOption... options) Reads the value of a file attribute.
V	getFileAttributeView(Path path, Class type, LinkOption... options) Returns a file attribute view of a given type.
FileStore	getFileStore(Path path) Returns the FileStore representing the file store where a file is located.
FileTime	getLastModifiedTime(Path path, LinkOption... options) Returns a file's last modified time.
UserPrincipal	getOwner(Path path, LinkOption... options) Returns the owner of a file.
Set	getPosixFilePermissions(Path path, LinkOption... options) Returns a file's POSIX file permissions.
boolean	isDirectory(Path path, LinkOption... options) Tests whether a file is a directory.
boolean	isExecutable(Path path) Tests whether a file is executable.
boolean	isHidden(Path path) Tells whether or not a file is considered hidden.
boolean	isReadable(Path path) Tests whether a file is readable.
boolean	isRegularFile(Path path, LinkOption... options) Tests whether a file is a regular file with opaque content.
boolean	isSameFile(Path path, Path path2) Tests if two paths locate the same file.
boolean	isSymbolicLink(Path path) Tests whether a file is a symbolic link.
boolean	isWritable(Path path) Tests whether a file is writable.
Stream	lines(Path path) Read all lines from a file as a Stream .
Stream	lines(Path path, Charset cs) Read all lines from a file as a Stream .
Stream	list(Path dir) Return a lazily populated Stream , the elements of which are the entries in the directory.
Path	move(Path source, Path target, CopyOption... options) Move or rename a file to a target file.
BufferedReader	newBufferedReader(Path path, Charset cs) Opens a file for reading, returning a BufferedReader that may be used to read text from the file in an efficient manner.
BufferedReader	newBufferedReader(Path path) Opens a file for reading, returning a BufferedReader to read text from the file in an efficient manner.
BufferedWriter	newBufferedWriter(Path path, Charset cs, OpenOption... options) Opens or creates a file for writing, returning a BufferedWriter that may be used to write text to the file in an efficient manner.
BufferedWriter	newBufferedWriter(Path path, OpenOption... options) Opens or creates a file for writing, returning a BufferedWriter to write text to the file in an efficient manner.
SeekableByteChannel	newByteChannel(Path path, OpenOption... options) Opens or creates a file, returning a seekable byte channel to access the file.
SeekableByteChannel	newByteChannel(Path path, Set options, FileAttribute... attrs) Opens or creates a file, returning a seekable byte channel to access the file.
DirectoryStream	newDirectoryStream(Path dir, String glob) Opens a directory, returning a DirectoryStream to iterate over the entries in the directory.
DirectoryStream	newDirectoryStream(Path dir, DirectoryStream.Filter filter) Opens a directory, returning a DirectoryStream to iterate over the entries in the directory.
DirectoryStream	newDirectoryStream(Path dir) Opens a directory, returning a DirectoryStream to iterate over all entries in the directory.
InputStream	newInputStream(Path path, OpenOption... options) Opens a file, returning an input stream to read from the file.
OutputStream	newOutputStream(Path path, OpenOption... options) Opens or creates a file, returning an output stream that may be used to write bytes to the file.
boolean	notExists(Path path, LinkOption... options) Tests whether the file located by this path does not exist.
String	probeContentType(Path path) Probes the content type of a file.
byte[]	readAllBytes(Path path) Reads all the bytes from a file.
List	readAllLines(Path path, Charset cs) Read all lines from a file.
List	readAllLines(Path path) Read all lines from a file.
A	readAttributes(Path path, Class type, LinkOption... options) Reads a file's attributes as a bulk operation.
Map	readAttributes(Path path, String attributes, LinkOption... options) Reads a set of file attributes as a bulk operation.
String	readString(Path path) Reads all content from a file into a string, decoding from bytes to characters using the StandardCharsets#UTF_8 UTF-8 Charset charset .
Path	readSymbolicLink(Path link) Reads the target of a symbolic link (optional operation).
Path	setAttribute(Path path, String attribute, Object value, LinkOption... options) Sets the value of a file attribute.
Path	setLastModifiedTime(Path path, FileTime time) Updates a file's last modified time attribute.
Path	setOwner(Path path, UserPrincipal owner) Updates the file owner.
Path	setPosixFilePermissions(Path path, Set perms) Sets a file's POSIX permissions.
long	size(Path path) Returns the size of a file (in bytes).
Stream	walk(Path start, FileVisitOption... options) Return a Stream that is lazily populated with Path by walking the file tree rooted at a given starting file.
Stream	walk(Path start, int maxDepth, FileVisitOption... options) Return a Stream that is lazily populated with Path by walking the file tree rooted at a given starting file.
Path	walkFileTree(Path start, FileVisitor visitor) Walks a file tree.
Path	walkFileTree(Path start, Set options, int maxDepth, FileVisitor visitor) Walks a file tree.
Path	write(Path path, byte[] bytes, OpenOption... options) Writes bytes to a file.
Path	write(Path path, Iterable lines, OpenOption... options) Write lines of text to a file.
Path	write(Path path, Iterable lines, Charset cs, OpenOption... options) Write lines of text to a file.